Dbacks looking to extend Goldy and Pollack!

[82CardsGrad]

On my phone so can't copy the links, but just read a story that the team wants to make Goldy a Dback for life!
They also want to extend Pollack, who was quoted as saying he very much wants to remain on the team for the long term!

 

[GatorAZ]

Definitely extend Pollack. No shame in sitting on Goldy's current deal. It's probably the best contract in baseball.

 

[AZ Native]

Here's a link on Goldy.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer...nt-to-make-paul-goldschmidt-a-lifetime-d-back

and Pollock

http://www.mlbdailydish.com/2015/8/15/9159347/a-j-pollock-diamondbacks-extension-talks

 

[overseascardfan]

Definitely extend Pollack. No shame in sitting on Goldy's current deal. It's probably the best contract in baseball.

Maybe showing good faith and appreciation for Goldy by extending him early might motivate him to give ARZ another discount.

 

[AZ Native]

Maybe showing good faith and appreciation for Goldy by extending him early might motivate him to give ARZ another discount.

Yeah, this time he could buy a Ford F-250.

Here is the story from a couple of years ago:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...t-nightengale-huge-bat-minuscule-ego/2454333/

 

[GatorAZ]

Maybe showing good faith and appreciation for Goldy by extending him early might motivate him to give ARZ another discount.

I doubt his agent screws up again. Look what Pujols and Cabrera got at 32. 250+ million.

With inflation these deals will just keep getting bigger.

 

[82CardsGrad]

I doubt his agent screws up again. Look what Pujols and Cabrera got at 32. 250+ million.



With inflation these deals will just keep getting bigger.

Goldy is a very different cat... If there is anyone in the game today that would say thanks for the lifelong deal and give the team a discount, it's him. I would not at all be surprised to see it happen.

 

[AZ Native]

Goldy is a very different cat... If there is anyone in the game today that would say thanks for the lifelong deal and give the team a discount, it's him. I would not at all be surprised to see it happen.

I think you are right. He is different. When he signed the 32 million extension there were agents saying he left 100 million on the table. If he did, you would never know it by his actions. He hasn't changed a bit, just got better. He is something else.

 

[BC867]

I think you are right. He is different. When he signed the 32 million extension there were agents saying he left 100 million on the table. If he did, you would never know it by his actions. He hasn't changed a bit, just got better. He is something else.

I wonder if Goldy would get satisfaction by getting across an indirect message that players' salaries are out of hand. Leadership by action.

I think the answer will be somewhere in between.

 

[devilalum]

I wouldn't fault Goldy one bit of he asks for a fair deal. He's currently the most underpaid player on the planet.

 

[GatorAZ]

I wonder if Goldy would get satisfaction by getting across an indirect message that players' salaries are out of hand. Leadership by action.

I think the answer will be somewhere in between.

Why on earth would any player do something like that?

 

[BC867]

Why on earth would any player do something like that?

Because Goldy isn't "any player". But I still think he will agree to somewhere in between (the max and the min).

 

[AZ Native]

But I still think he will agree to somewhere in between (the max and the min).

Talk about going out on a limb with that prediction.

 

[GatorAZ]

Because Goldy isn't "any player". But I still think he will agree to somewhere in between (the max and the min).

I'm not questioning him being a good person just you're reasoning for him taking less because he's mad about other players making more. Makes no sense.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

Goldy is a very different cat... If there is anyone in the game today that would say thanks for the lifelong deal and give the team a discount, it's him. I would not at all be surprised to see it happen.

He's a Jared Weaver type...Not afraid to sign a contract for what he feels he's worth...and doesn't feel the need to be king of the payroll mountain.

 

[JS22]

Definitely extend Pollack. No shame in sitting on Goldy's current deal. It's probably the best contract in baseball.

Goldy is severely underpaid and the entire league knows it. Yes, the Dbacks got a GREAT deal. But there is also value in being known as a team that takes care of its own players. Stringing Goldy along at this rate until the end of his deal would make the franchise look bad IMO. Not saying it's fair, but that's just how it is.

Fortunately he's as far from a diva as you could get, so I don't think he would ever complain. And I think he'd accept a fair deal that doesn't hamstring the organization.

The Dbacks need to tack on a bunch of years and pay him closer to what he's worth. It'd be gross seeing him in a Yankees uniform.

 

[Phrazbit]

I'd hold off on extending Goldy... they have him locked in for four more years after this one, he won't be a free agent until he is 32. They can revisit the thought in 2 years and still be magnanimous. Given his current production and the insane contracts around the league I cannot imagine anything they'd add on would be less than 25+ million per year. And even as good as he is, its impossible to project how a guy will be doing several years from now as he enters his early to mid 30s.

 

[JS22]

I wonder if Goldy would get satisfaction by getting across an indirect message that players' salaries are out of hand. Leadership by action.

I think the answer will be somewhere in between.

No offense BC, but that is absolutely bonkers.

 

[BC867]

No offense BC, but that is absolutely bonkers.

I should have said . . . he won't expect the highest and he won't accept the lowest. One that's fair to both parties. That does not describe the contract he is on now.

 

[JS22]

I should have said . . . he won't expect the highest and he won't accept the lowest. One that's fair to both parties. That does not describe the contract he is on now.

That makes more sense.

I can definitely see him taking a fair deal in order to avoid hamstringing the team.

 

[Matt L]

That makes more sense.

I can definitely see him taking a fair deal in order to avoid hamstringing the team.

The question remains, what is fair? Most players would say that his current salary is unfair. $20-$25 million is in the range of the premiere 1B in MLB right now and he's either the 1 or 2 as far as best 1B in the league.

 

[GatorAZ]

6 year extension close to 25m year I'm guessing. That's more than team friendly for a top-5 player.

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.as...5&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

 

[Phrazbit]

6 year extension close to 25m year I'm guessing. That's more than team friendly for a top-5 player.

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.as...5&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

I agree, that would be a fair contract if he was expiring soon but that extension wouldn't even begin until 2020 and at its conclusion he'd be a hair under 40. Those are the kind of deals that can cripple a franchise.

They've got him on a great deal right now. I don't see what benefit the dbacks get by extending him waaaaaaaaay early. The risk/reward here seems grossly out of whack.

 

[82CardsGrad]

I agree, that would be a fair contract if he was expiring soon but that extension wouldn't even begin until 2020 and at its conclusion he'd be a hair under 40. Those are the kind of deals that can cripple a franchise.

They've got him on a great deal right now. I don't see what benefit the dbacks get by extending him waaaaaaaaay early. The risk/reward here seems grossly out of whack.

You do it because it shows good faith and a deep commitment to a franchise player, who of course knows that he is under-paid and would deeply appreciate the gesture from the team.
You do that because locking him up and demonstrating this type of good faith sends a great message to other players currently on the team, and others who might ever be interested in joining the team.

 

[BC867]

You do it because it shows good faith and a deep commitment to a franchise player, who of course knows that he is under-paid and would deeply appreciate the gesture from the team.
You do that because locking him up and demonstrating this type of good faith sends a great message to other players currently on the team, and others who might ever be interested in joining the team.